Turkey Purge

Mardin’s Kızıltepe District Governor Ahmet Odabaş has been appointed as trustee to the Kızıltepe Municipality to act in place of its co-mayors, who were arrested last week over alleged terror links. Following their detention on Nov. 25, Kızıltepe Co-mayors İsmail Asi and Leyla Salman were arrested on Dec. 2 on charges of links to the […]

The Doğan Group, which owns one of the biggest media companies in Turkey, has put the blame on the faith-based Gülen movement for a record tax fine imposed on the company in 2009, claiming that Gülen-linked inspectors were behind the astronomical fine, according to a story in the Hürriyet daily on Tuesday. The Finance Ministry’s

Turkish parliament on Friday passed five of the decrees issued by the Turkish government during a state of emergency declared in the wake of a military coup attempt in July to the country’s Constitutional Court for cancellation, T24 News portal reported. While the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the opposition National Movement

Ali Özcan, the general manager of Dönerci Ali Usta restaurants chain was detained over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. Özcan’s arrest was widely mocked on social media as it increased the number of owners of restaurant chains behind bars. Previously, three businessmen

Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Karayazı district Mayor Mehmet Sait Karabakan and his deputy Zeynep Han Bingöl were detained on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Erzurum province, CNNTürk reported. Police raided and searched the Karayazı Municipal Services Building while Karabakan and Bingöl were taken to police

Tens of thousands of residents of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sur are among an estimated half million people forced from their homes as a result of a brutal crackdown by Turkish authorities over the past year which may amount to collective punishment, said Amnesty International in a new report. As the suppression of

A man in Tekirdağ province in Turkey’s Marmara region has been arrested on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Doğan news agency reported on Sunday. Last week, Sadi Özdemir was detained by police teams from the anti-terrorism department on charges of insulting Erdoğan from his social media account. He was